This is true. If following a car doesn't require a warrant, then using a gadget to do so shouldn't require a warrant either.
Just goes to show, government efficiency is a catch-22.
They can be bought for $100 up.
Attach one to the judges car and see what happens.
Honestly, this is getting ridiculous. What is it with these federal judges? They can have McGruff sniff you down at a traffic stop . . . they can slap a GPS transmitter on your car . . . what next? Can they bring you into the station and hook wires up to your nads for going 5 MPH over the speed limit?
We have the government we allow and deserve.
People need to understand that most cops could give a rat's patute what 99.9% of the population does on any given day. Cops just want to go to work, do the job, and go home. Why would putting a transmitter on a random car give cops any jollies? But let's say you have a convicted child molester or a reasonably suspected kidnapper. Might you want to know where they are headed even if you do not have the manpower to physically follow them 24/7? I would.
These privacy advocates are always troubled. Who are they? Can we find out more about them? Need to track them and see if they are dangerous, you know they wouldn't be troubled if they had nothing to hide. What are they hiding?